Remember me (a Kylo Ren story)

IX.

"Alright Blue team, we wait for Poe's signal then we move in. Got it?" I ask my fleet. Answers of "Yes Blue leader." and "Yes ma'am." fill the small cockpit of my ship.  A few moments go by before I hear Poe's voice on the communication channel. "Attention! This is Commander Poe Dameron of the Republic fleet. I have an urgent message for General Hugs." He says. I stifle a laugh as I realize Poe said Hugs instead of Hux, knowing it probably annoyed Hux. "Hi, I'm holding for General Hugs." Poe states. "Man, General Leia did a good job picking Poe to do this. He's very good at pulling stuff out of his ass." I thought to myself. "Umm Hugs? You know, real skinny guy, super red hair. Hugs?" Poe gives the check that it's almost time to attack.

"It's almost time, Blue team get ready to pull forward." I give the command. "Look, I can't wait all day so just tell him General Organa has an important message." Poe's voice fades in and out of my communicator, and I give it a couple of smacks before I hear Poe again. "It's about his mother." I giggle at his comment. "All right I'm taking out the cannons now, Emery start your approach." Poe finally gives the signal. "Roger that. Let's go Blue team." Our fleet of ships fly forward, Poe's ship slowly coming into view. 

He gracefully takes out three cannons, only one remaining. Just as he makes his way to the last cannon, the parade of TIE fighters zooms out, speeding towards Poe. "Poe watch out! You've got some friends headed your way," I say as the command ship grows closer and closer. "I see them," He says as he flips up and around. Coming behind the TIE fighters and opening fire, he takes out three fighters.

"You've distracted them long enough. All the transporters have made it off the planet. Poe, Emery, turn around and get the fleet out of there," General Leia's voice booms on the communicator. "General, this is our chance to take out a dreadnought!" Poe says, not backing down. "Leia, these things are fleet killers! We can't let them get away!" I chime in. "Disengage you two, that's an order," her voice firm. 

I flip a switch, closing off my communication with Leia. "It's now or never Poe!" I say, as I watch Poe zone in and take out the final cannon. "Yes! I got it! Emery, move in the bombers, drop everything on that dreadnought!" Poe says. "Bombers, keep your formation close. Fighters protect the bombers. It's not everyday we get the opportunity to take out a dreadnought, so let's make it count!" I give the command as my fleet moves forward.

"TIE fighter incoming!" Snap shouts. "Gunners get ready." I yell. As the TIE fighters close in on my fleet, I fire three blasts and take down one of the fighters. I watch as the ship spirals out of control and crash into another TIE fighter. "Bombers, it's time to begin your drop sequences." I say looking at the bomb cruisers next to me. Everyone has their bay doors open, ready to go, except one. "Paige! Your bays doors are still closed. What's going on?" I yell as I dodge blasts from the TIE fighters. 

I look to my right and see that one of the red team bomb cruisers has been attacked. "Mayday! Mayday! I've been hit! GODSPEED RE-" their voice fading as the ship explodes. Flashes of red and orange catch my eye. I look to my left and see two more bomb cruisers going down. "Paige! You're the last bomber out there! Drop the load now!" Poe's frantically shouts.

As I watch Paige's cruiser draw closer and closer over the drop point, my ship jerks harshly. "Damn it! I've been hit, my systems are down." I yell as I hit my radar screen over and over again. "How bad is the damage?" Poe says. I check all of my screens and scanners, nothing seems to be too bad. "It's not too bad, must not have been a direct hit," I say as I see Paige finally dropping her load of deadly explosives. "Direct hit! Dreadnought down." Poe shouts with joy. "We did it!" I say smiling. "Alright team, let's head back to the cruiser," Poe says as we all jump to lightspeed.

The main cruiser comes into view as we all begin to land our ships on the docking bay. I flip the switch to release my landing gear, but nothing happens. "Um, Poe?" I say. I watch him land his X-wing from outside the ship. "What's wrong?" He questions. "My landing gears. They seem to be stuck." I look to my radar and see something I hadn't noticed earlier. DAMAGE LANDING GEAR. "Well, from my view it seems that your landing gear has been blasted," Poe retorts. "Oh great, just what I need." I groan and lean back into my seat.

"Just relax and put your ship in autopilot while we figure out how to pull you in." Poe says as he jumps out of his ship and walks over to the on duty engineer. I sign and flip two switches before I'm fully seated in autopilot. "This is going to take a minute." I quietly curse myself for not paying attention and getting myself shot. Moments go by and I feel myself starting to fall asleep.

I jerk upright when I feel my ship begin to move. "Finally! I've been here for ages," I say. I look to the docking bay, but I don't see the engineer or Poe. "Um, Poe?" I notice that I'm moving backwards instead of forwards. "Poe? I'm moving backwards. Hello?" I shout as I hear multiple ships coming out of lightspeed. I look out the back end of my ship and see the First Order's cruiser approaching. "POE!" I scream as I continue to move backwards. "Em? What's going on?" Poe's voice finally comes through my communication transmitter.

"Are you pulling me in? I'm moving away from the ship instead of towards it." I screech as my X-wing jerks once again. "You're what? Hang on Em, it seems like you've been trapped into some towing field. The First Order might be trying to pull you in or something. We're trying to get you out." Poe says as the force takes over my body.

"Ben." Leia's voice fills my mind.

"Mother." Kylo's voice is quiet.

"Please don't hurt her." I see Leia in the makeshift command center on the cruiser. Her face filled with heartache and sorrow.

"I will do what I must." Kylo sits in the cockpit of his shuttle. His face is drained of emotion, but his eyes tell a different story. "My dearest Emery, I will see you soon."

I shake the vision away as I look to see Poe jumping in his X-wing. "Em, just hang on. I'm going to pull you in with my internal cables." Poe's ship is 10 feet away from me. when my X-wing is hit with a blast. "Poe, it's him. He's come for me." I say shaking in my seat. I look behind and see that I'm being pulled by a black command ship. Kylo's ship has attached itself to the back end of my ship, pulling me in with a metal cord.

"I'm not going to let him take you away. I promise." Poe reassures me, as he grows closer to me. The front half of my shuttle is pierced by Poe's X-wing. "Oh great, the only two men in my life are now playing tug-a-war. This should be fun." I think to myself. "Poe, he's got my back end tied to him." I panic as my ship sways back and forth, back and forth. Both Poe and Kylo pull me in their directions.

"Em, see if you can try and pull yourself towards me, before the force splits your ship in two." The fear is present in Poe's voice. "Okay, let me switch out of autopilot." Just as my finger grazes the two switches an internal voice pauses my actions. "I don't understand why you're fighting this. I know you want to come back to me. I sensed it on Starkiller. You want me." Kylo's words flood the walls of my mind. My hand backs away from the control panel. "Get out of my head, Kylo. I want Ben. Not you." My hand finds its way back to the switch, disengaging the autopilot setting.

"We are one." Kylo sternly says.

"Hang on Poe, I'm heading your way." I say as I pilot my ship forward, trying to resist Kylo's grasp. "Come on Em, you're almost there." Poe shouts as I am now three feet away from him. "That's enough. I'm done playing this game." Kylo shouts in my head.

I look behind myself to see that Kylo has flown around my ship, and sliced his way through the cord tying Poe and I together. "NO!" Poe screams. My X-wing circles around 180 degrees as Kylo takes off towards his command cruiser. "I'm gonna come back for you Em! I promise." Poe's voice fades in and out of my communication transmitter. A single tear slides down my cheek as I watch the Resistance cruiser grow smaller and smaller. The grey interior of the First Order cruiser surrounds me as Kylo pulls us into the docking bay. As I feel my ship make contact with the ground, my hand flies to my lightsaber. I looked up to see three stormtroopers headed to me.

The top of my viewport is ripped off as I'm pulled from the cockpit. My emerald colored saber shines bright as I slash the stormtroopers arm in half, releasing his grip on me. I skillfully block the blasts that are being shot at me, flinging them back to the shooter. I go to attack the last trooper when my airway is blocked, my feet slowly leaving the floor.

"Stop." His voice radiates anger. He turns me around so I am facing him. Our eyes locking instantly. I strain under his grip, my feet kicking violently. "Please. Let me go." I send my thoughts to him, knowing I do not have enough oxygen to speak. His outstretched hand glides back to his side, releasing the force from my neck. My head is the first to hit the ground as I fall. Patches of black cloud my vision before I am rendered unconscious.